- Hardcover: 459 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (15 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0618584218
- ISBN-13: 978-0618584215
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,662,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Spanbauer writes this fairly traditional coming-of-age story with a raw energy that makes it compelling.
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A `powerful tale...funny, sensitive picture of a young man whose
plight will resonate with your inner idealist.'
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
i've read tom spanbauer since his novel the man who fell in love with the moon. this new novel shows no lagging in his innovative, deeply felt writing.
ostensibly chronicling the growing up a young man in america in the sixties this story takes in politics, psychology, spirituality and just about every other important topic you can think of.
tom always writes from the inside of his characters and with this book he delves deep into the nature of experience in the way he tells his story. the places become so real you can feel the smells impacting on your psyche and you care deeply about the people. he writes on the border of ecstacy and sorrow and manages to grasp the fleeting beauty of life.
couple this with a beautiful and extraordinary account of a young man waking up to and fully inhabiting his sexuality and opening to the eroticisim of life and you have an incredibly moving book.
oh and it's also hysterically funny.
try it! good medicine for the soul
ostensibly chronicling the growing up a young man in america in the sixties this story takes in politics, psychology, spirituality and just about every other important topic you can think of.
tom always writes from the inside of his characters and with this book he delves deep into the nature of experience in the way he tells his story. the places become so real you can feel the smells impacting on your psyche and you care deeply about the people. he writes on the border of ecstacy and sorrow and manages to grasp the fleeting beauty of life.
couple this with a beautiful and extraordinary account of a young man waking up to and fully inhabiting his sexuality and opening to the eroticisim of life and you have an incredibly moving book.
oh and it's also hysterically funny.
try it! good medicine for the soul
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When deciding to buy this book I was influenced by the strong positive reviews from Amazon readers. Having read it, I can only imagine that these people must have read a different book. I thought it was one of the dullest books I have ever read. The basic story is a familiar one, a gay teenager living in an intolerant environment comes to terms with his sexuality. The story largely unfolds in 'flashback', causing a degree of repetition that I found quite irritating. Much more irritating, however, was the interminable descriptive prose - page after page after page where nothing of any substance or interest is said. For my money, Paul Monette's 'Becoming a Man' or Edmund White's 'Boys Own Story' articulate the difficulties of growing up gay infinitely better than this novel did. I hope that this review will help to counterbalance the very positive reviews that I am at a loss to understand.
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book shares much in its style and imagery with "The man who fell in love with the moon" but is probably more immediately accessible. The imagery is rooted in nature.The contrast of dry, hot and dusty with wet, cool and sensual is a reccuring theme which also reflects the different types of spirituality explored.Rigby John is a immensely likeable hero caught between what adults have told him and what the world teaches him.All the characters are well developed and although flawed, like his mom, very human. The plot is quite circular and with each sweep through it more detail is revealed as layers of the narrative are unpeeled.A very satisfying read
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The best book I have read in years
I finished this book today and am moved to write a review straight away. It enjoyed it so much I am going to re-read it again very soon. Read more
Published 6 months ago by P. Eaglen
Great read - well worth it
I would say that like most great books this is not an easy read. It takes a little while into the book before you enter the characters world so completely that it makes sense to... Read more
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Young Rigby John Kluesener commences telling his story as he is hitch-hiking on the road from Idaho to San Francisco, and in so doing goes back to the 1950s and his earlier... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Benjamin
Brilliant book with an emotional roller coaster at the end...
Utterly absorbing book, brilliantly narrated by `Rigby John' who is growing up in small town America, he's slowly working out who he is, and finding his own voice and path. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by M B
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Published on 19 Feb 2009 by Daniel Park
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Published on 13 Jan 2009 by Jeep Tenk
Absorbing and compelling
I picked this book up in my local library as I liked the cover (I know, how shallow...)and had never actually heard of the author. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2008 by Joanne Schofield
ANOTHER GEM!!!
Tom Spanbauer is one of the greatest writers of the gay world/experience although he is not as prolific as some others. I have been waiting for a new Spanbauer for years. Read more
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